SoCal Face Shots Gallery

A SoCal staple: bros with big trucks. How do these chains work again?

Can’t wait to squeegee their snowboards down the entire mountain.

The L.A. ski rack, simple yet effective

Big red. Big snow bank. Big cluster f#%k.

Figuring it out.

Owned by the Olson family, Mount Baldy is a throwback of the best kind.

The line at the bottom of Chair 1.

“Oh, look. Frost!”

Being so close to the ocean, the San Gabriels are subject to massive temperature fluctuations, leading to some very cool and dramatic formations of rime. Though it makes for a very cold seat.

Chair 1 at Mount Baldy, in a blizzard. Muchas gracias, El Nino.

Jeffrey Pines heavily laden with rime.

And the payoff. Dave Shively dives in for the goods.